Title: Free n8n + AI Course: Learn Automation Without Paying for Expensive Certifications.
Free online course and long YouTube tutorials.
Module 1 – Getting Started With n8n
Goal: Understand what n8n is, set up your first environment and build a simple workflow.
Recommended resources:
n8n Official Learning Path (hub for tutorials and guides):
https://docs.n8n.io/learning-path/
n8n Level One – Free Text Course (step‑by‑step beginner course):
https://docs.n8n.io/courses/level-one/
“Master n8n in 2 Hours: Complete Beginner’s Guide for 2025” (full YouTube masterclass):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURnISajubk
Practice ideas for your readers:
Create a free n8n Cloud account or install n8n locally.
Build a simple workflow: a manual trigger that sends a test email or message.
Explore the editor UI: nodes, executions and basic settings.
Module 2 – Core Workflows and Real‑World Scenarios
Goal: Move from basic examples to real use cases similar to “implementations in different scenarios” from the ad.
Useful resources:
Beginner’s Guide to n8n (article that explains concepts and your first workflow):
https://skywork.ai/blog/n8n-beginner-guide/
Community discussion “What’s the best way to master n8n from scratch?” with suggested free channels:
https://www.reddit.com/r/n8n/comments/1j988ab/whats_the_best_way_to_master_n8n_from_scratch/
n8n Docs GitHub (for deeper exploration and navigation of official docs):
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n-docs
Practice suggestions:
Build a workflow that sends you a Slack/Telegram/Discord notification when a form is submitted.
Use a Google Sheet as a mini‑database and update it automatically when new data arrives.
Explore example workflows from the docs navigation and quickstart tutorials:
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n-docs/blob/main/nav.yml
Module 3 – Logic and “Intelligent” Automations
Goal: Learn to use conditions, branching and data manipulation without code.
Where to learn:
Level One course sections on data structure, conditional logic and scheduling:
https://docs.n8n.io/courses/level-one/
Community article that reviews different n8n training options and explains what beginners actually need (time investment, topics):
https://latenode.com/blog/implementation-guides-tutorials/getting-started-guides/best-n8n-training-courses-2025-12-learning-opti
Suggested exercises:
Create a workflow that checks a form submission and only sends an email if certain conditions are met.
Add an IF or Switch node and route items to different actions depending on field values.
Module 4 – AI Automations and Agents
The ad promises “AI agents” and advanced AI automations. You can get very close with these free resources:
“n8n Tutorial for Beginners: How to Build AI Automations for FREE (Step‑by‑Step)” (YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy1UCBcgF2o
“n8n Tutorial for Beginners – Build Your First Free AI Agent” (YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpoMEcXjVH8
“n8n Course for Beginners – Build Complex Workflows & Master AI Integration” (YouTube, long form):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZzRGYpCbM
“N8N FULL COURSE 6 HOURS (Build & Sell AI Automations + Agents)” (YouTube marathon):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZ2SNXWK-c
Practice ideas:
Build a small content assistant: user input → AI model → save titles and outlines to Google Docs or Notion.
Create an AI agent that classifies feedback or support requests and routes them to the right channel.
Experiment with RAG and vector search in the long “Master n8n in 2 Hours” video (chatbot with memory, documents, vector store).
Module 5 – Memory, Context and Advanced Data
Goal: Understand memory, context, vector stores and more complex workflows, similar to the “memory” and “data architecture” sections in the ad.
Resources to deepen your skills:
Official learning path’s advanced sections (AI, data, debugging):
https://docs.n8n.io/learning-path/
The advanced part of “Master n8n in 2 Hours” – RAG AI agent, Google Drive, PDF ingestion and vector store:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURnISajubk
Ideas for practice:
Create a simple knowledge chatbot that reads data from a spreadsheet or PDF and uses AI to answer questions.
Store user preferences in a data store and re‑use them across sessions to simulate “memory”.
Module 6 – Project Ideas for Creators and Bloggers
To make this useful for your community, finish the article with concrete project ideas:
Auto‑draft blog posts:
Use n8n to collect keywords, send them to an AI model and save drafts into Google Docs or Notion.
YouTube to content machine:
When a new video is published, n8n fetches title and description, generates a summary plus social captions and hashtags, then stores everything in a spreadsheet.
Client or audience updates:
Read data from a CRM or sheet, generate personalized AI messages and send them as email or chat notifications after a human review step.
Suggested Learning Order (Mini Curriculum)
You can add this as a quick checklist at the end of your post:
Read the n8n Learning Path and complete the Level One text course:
https://docs.n8n.io/learning-path/
https://docs.n8n.io/courses/level-one/
Watch one complete beginner crash‑course video (2–6 hours):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURnISajubk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIZzRGYpCbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZ2SNXWK-c
Build at least one AI automation or agent using these tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy1UCBcgF2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpoMEcXjVH8
